The bonus comes after a fiscal year of record profits, even as rivals sustained large write-downs from the widening subprime crisis.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group's <GS.N> board of directors awarded a $67.9 million bonus to Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein for 2007, according to a filing with regulators.
The bonus comes after a fiscal year of record profits, even as rivals sustained large write-downs from the widening subprime crisis.
Blankfein received $41.1 million of restricted shares and options, as well as cash of $26.8 million, the filing said.
(Reporting by Dan Wilchins; Editing by Andre Grenon)
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